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Current go to 1070

I heard the MSI version was the best but maybe Zotac also good, I went with the EVGA one because it looked cool and they have a good reputation but apparently a certain component on the card is likely to overheat and set on fire :eek:
 
Ayahuasca said:
Imagine it was probably incorrectly listed at 359 as the majority of trusted places have been selling them for 450-470 for a while.
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It wasn't incorrectly listed as I got one. Plus it clearly was correct as it even stated it had been lowered for a certain membership level.
 
Dervious said:
The normal AMP edition uses exactly the same method of VRM cooling - a small finned heatsink that is not physically part of the main heatsink. It's very likely that the AMP edition VRM temperatures are higher than cards that cool the VRMs with the main heatsink. There is an advantage to having a seperate heatsink though, possibly slightly lower GPU temperature.
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I've seen data from Gigabyte end with having a seperate heatsink on the VRM and second hand air blown over the top to having it all in the one main heat sink.

give about 2c increase in core temp as all thermal load is spread across the heatsink making it warm and more fan presence needed but VRM temps are about 10-15c cooler .

Makes for great marketing but they dont really release those details which is a shame.
 
orbitalwalsh said:
I've seen data from Gigabyte end with having a seperate heatsink on the VRM and second hand air blown over the top to having it all in the one main heat sink.

give about 2c increase in core temp as all thermal load is spread across the heatsink making it warm and more fan presence needed but VRM temps are about 10-15c cooler .

Makes for great marketing but they dont really release those details which is a shame.
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Exactly what I was thinking.

The question is, which cooling method is likely to give a more reliable graphics card, and is there any performance advantage for either method ?
 
I do rather hope the 1070 prices drop even more in the next few weeks, my 1060 is showing slight signs of struggle now that I've recently upgraded to 1440p :D

Liam.
 
Griffildur said:
so moral of the story is buy when you see a price you like, without delay :)
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+1

Best I've seen is the £283 Armor, I got an Extreme ~£70 cheaper than everywhere else two weeks after launch, it almost seemed a bargain at the time:p and price has never been repeated.
 
Yeah I hesitated, simply because a 970 drives a 1080p quite well, Overwatch is light on hardware requirements and GTA V is reasonably smooth.

Was only considering it as my monitor is 144hz

:-)
 
Just fyi , I had two zotac amp 1070 both had fan problems, returned for refund was almost 2 months without card, but OCUK had excelent service so I might wait for g1 to be on sale or something...
 
Two 8-pin power connectors or is 1x8 pin sufficient? Getting the feeling that if these cards are capping out at a certain level maybe 1x8pin is enough.
 
1x 8pin is fine, there is no evidence that the additional power plugs give higher overclocks, that is down to the silicon lottery more than anything :)
 
Rarely any go over 2100mhz anyway and most won't hold close to this stable for a while, majority end up settling with clocks between 2000-2050mhz after being under load for a while.
 
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